Panama Surf

Detailed Panama surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Panama. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Panama. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Panama over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Panama and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Panama Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Cuango Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 NE	0.5 SW	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SW	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	13	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	8	8	14	8	8	13	8	8	14	8
Energy(?)	179	192	44	155	93	129	180	178	342	360	322	137	307	307	139	315	304	141	244	221	143	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:21AM 2.98	11:35AM 0.42		3:02AM 3.05	12:03PM 0.44						12:50PM 0.40				2:03PM 0.43		5:33AM 3.14	2:37PM 0.39			3:17PM 0.36
Low Tide / height (m)		8:10PM 0.99			8:53PM 0.90			9:42PM -0.08	10:01AM 0.46		10:19PM -0.09			10:20PM 0.02			10:31PM 0.03	11:51AM 0.42		11:27PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	9	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1
High °C	27	26	27	27	25	26	26	26	27	27	26	29	27	26	30	27	26	29	26	25	29	27
Low °C	27	25	26	26	23	24	26	25	26	27	25	28	27	25	27	26	23	28	26	24	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	26	27	27	25	26	26	26	27	27	26	29	27	26	30	27	26	29	26	25	29	27
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	6:12	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 NE	0.5 S	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE
Period (s)	8	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	5	8	8	14	8	8	6	8	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	5	-	-	13	-	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 N	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	2	2	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Manzanillo Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	11	8	8	13	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	150	140	202	192	165	202	207	206	66	107	115	239	230	250	139	149	151	79	145	178	219	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	high	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	2:18PM 2.75				2:21AM 2.98			11:27AM 0.44	2:59PM 2.99							12:14PM 0.43
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03PM 0.04								8:58PM -0.06								9:42PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	2	2	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1
Temp. °C	28	26	25	26	24	25	26	26	28	26	25	25	25	25	24	26	26	26	25	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	28	26	25	26	24	25	26	26	28	26	25	25	25	25	24	26	26	26	25	26	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	5	8	8	13	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	11	-	-	5	-	-	6	13	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 N	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	4	-	3	3

	Wednesday 17										Thursday 18
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Manzanillo Limon	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	8	8	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	167	179	212	179	140	175	175	171	65	182	192	291	291	262	192	182	187	168	207	207	207	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:18PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)								8:09PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	25	25	24	25	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	25	25	24	25	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	11	8	8	5	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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